CTO (Chronic total occlusion)

Find all the latest content on chronic total occlusion (CTO) published on this website.

Recently we have seen an increase in successful percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) of CTO in part due to improvements in hardware (guidewires and balloons), the introduction of dedicated devices (microcatheters, channel dilators, dissection-reentry devices) and the elaboration of CTO-specific techniques. To fully grasp CTO today, here you will find here everything that you need to know including the latest devices and techniques as well as advances in imaging, the use of adjunctive pharmacotherapy, vascular access or understanding bleeding risks…

Filtered By
CTO

224 results

A proven evidence-based therapy when angina persists

22 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019

Consult this session to learn more about the growing problem of refractory angina, including microvascular angina and the alternatives to treat this challenging condition.

A proven evidence-based therapy when angina persists

Advanced CTO interventions

22 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019

Consult this session to discover various advanced CTO interventions, such as using an SVG conduit for retrograde CTO PCI, coronary perforation in complex CTO treated by a covered stent, triple CTOs in a case with severely depressed left ventricle function, and more!

Advanced CTO interventions

CTO intervention in patients with prior CABG

22 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019

Consult this session to learn all about CTO intervention in patients with prior coronary artery bypass graft (CABG): challenges, tools, techniques, and more!

CTO intervention in patients with prior CABG

Innovations for the treatment of complex coronary artery lesions from LATAM

21 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019

Consult this session on innovations for the treatment of complex coronary artery lesions from Latina America, and learn more about how telemedicine, pre-hospital networking, ambulance communication and procedural refinement impact the results of primary PCI in STEMI patients, how practice and experience influence the results of...

Innovations for the treatment of complex coronary artery lesions from LATAM

PCI of resistant vessels - how to survive

21 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019

Consult this session on PCI of resistant vessels to learn all about tools and techniques for overcoming the challenges of resistant coronary vessels and lesions, along with the basic steps for performing a CTO PCI.

PCI of resistant vessels - how to survive

Complex CTO - Strategies to successfully re-open the "unopenable"

21 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019

Consult this session on complex CTO to learn various strategies for treating difficult cases, such as combined anterograde and retrograde techniques, when only the wire get through a calcified CTO, and more!

Complex CTO - Strategies to successfully re-open the 'unopenable'

Useful unusual approaches in complex CTO interventions

21 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019

Consult this session to discover new approaches in complex CTO interventions, with clinical cases such as right coronary CTO PCI with a twist, intravascular lithotripsy for heavy calcified CTO, left anterior descending resistant CTO, and more!

Useful unusual approaches in complex CTO interventions

Tips and tricks for complex CTO interventions

21 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019

Consult this session to learn tips and tricks for complex CTO interventions, and discover innovative techniques such as hybrid (antegrade and retrograde) approach to CTO, a native right coronary artery CTO revascularisation using an occluded right coronary artery graft as conduit, and more!

Tips and tricks for complex CTO interventions

Complex CTO cases: MSCT and intracoronary imaging may help

21 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019

Consult this session to discover complex CTO cases (kawasaki disease with coronary CTO, LM quadrifurcation and LCX ostial CTO, etc.), and how to use MSCT and intracoronary imaging to efficiently guide the procedure.

Complex CTO cases: MSCT and intracoronary imaging may help

Complications in complex interventions

21 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019

Consult this session to learn more about how to manage complications in complex interventions, such as a retrograde recanalisation of the right coronary artery complicated by intraprocedural cardiac arrest, an acute and chronic radiation injury following complex PCI, and more!

Complications in complex interventions